Beth Peerce of NAR Joins Bruce Norris on the Real Estate Radio Show #375

Bruce Norris is joined this week by Beth Peerce. Beth has been a realtor for more than 35 years and is the broker/owner of Primetime Properties in Century City, California. She is currently the vice-president for the National Association of Realtors. She was elected honorary director for life in 2006 and Realtor of the Year for California in 2012. She comes from a background where her family was in real estate as well. Bruce and Beth discuss Prop 13, the real estate business in regards to volume of sales, the affordability index, factors standing in the way of a true recovery, new home construction, Dodd-Frank, and much more on this week's real estate radio show and podcast.

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Selma Hepp of CAR Joins Bruce Norris on the Real Estate Radio Show #374

Bruce Norris is joined again this week by Selma Hepp. Selma is the senior economist for the California Association of Realtors, a statewide trade organization with more than 100,000 members dedicated to the advancement of professionalism in real estate. Selma directs the activities of the association’s research and economics group. She oversees the research and analysis of housing markets and economic trends, member and consumer surveys, and the impact of real estate related regulatory and legislative policies. She earned her Masters degree from SUNY in Buffalo and a PhD from the University of Maryland. Bruce and Selma discuss immigration, household formation, affordability and percentage points, first-time home buyers, the amount of single people who now own households, the demand brought in by the 2009 tax credit, default rates, and much more on this week's real estate radio show and podcast.

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Selma Hepp of CAR Joins Bruce Norris on the Real Estate Radio Show #373

Bruce Norris is joined again this week by Selma Hepp. Selma is the senior economist for the California Association of Realtors, a statewide trade organization with more than 100,000 members dedicated to the advancement of professionalism in real estate. Selma directs the activities of the association’s research and economics group. She oversees the research and analysis of housing markets and economic trends, member and consumer surveys, and the impact of real estate related regulatory and legislative policies. She earned her Masters degree from SUNY in Buffalo and a PhD from the University of Maryland. Bruce and Selma discuss immigration, the lending requirements that went into effect in January, the hedge funds in 2012 and 2013, the percentage of the market going to foreign investors, legislation passed in 2013 that could pose concerns, debt forgiveness, and much more on this week's real estate radio show and podcast.

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Amanda Han and Matt MacFarland of Keystone CPA Join Bruce Norris on the Real Estate Radio Show #372

Bruce Norris is joined again this week by Matt MacFarland and Amanda Han. They are owners of Keystone CPA in Orange County, voted one of the top 100 CPA firms. Bruce has had the privilege of speaking with them in front of at least 4 or 5 audiences. Bruce has always learned something from them since they have an expertise in real estate and in their own business now for seven years. Bruce was pleased to speak with them since they saved him money and he has learned something from them every time he has heard them. Bruce, Amanda, and Matt discuss contributions to retirement accounts, ROTH and SEP IRAs, reducing taxable income, recapturing, flipping properties and how this saves money, fixable income as active income, short sales, and much, much more on this week's real estate radio show and podcast.

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